jpdb beta

reading comprehension

1

tightly-coupled

1

dance

1

three-pronged fork; trident; trifurcate; three-pronged; three-way (e.g. outlet)

1

semicircular canals

2

shaker

1

loss of equilibrium; vertigo

3

assist; assistance

1

stone (used for throwing)

1

rupture; break; fracture

1

hunt (where the hunting area is surrounded on four sides by hunters)

2

archer; shooter; bowman

4

to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)

2

to be crushed; to be smashed; to become useless; to cease functioning; to go bankrupt; to go out of business

1

show; display; pretensions; pose (in kabuki); posture

2

to curse; to put a curse on; to detest intensely

1

being extremely busy; being swamped with work

6

fellow traveler; fellow traveller; travelling companion; taking someone along unwillingly (e.g. in death); forcing to take part

5

drift

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to chip off; to scrape off; to prune

2

to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede

1

to have an uneasy conscience

1

fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification

1

deep (of emotions, connections, etc.)

1

disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss

1

to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

4

now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease

1

to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)

1

manly; brave; heroic

2

self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness

1

self-conceit; self-satisfaction; self-righteousness; self-importance; complacency

1

to put clothes on (someone); to dress; to cover; to coat; to pin (e.g. a crime on someone); to lay (blame)

2

really (seem, appear, etc.); truly; evidently; in that way

1

complaint; grumble

3

assembly; aggregation

2

relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance

1

PC; personal computer; prestressed concrete; precast concrete; polycarbonate; political correctness; patrol car

3

Caribbean Sea

1

volcanic activity

1

observation ship

1

two places; two spots; two locations; two parts; two passages

3

New Zealand

2

Greenland

3

three great oceans (Pacific, Atlantic and Indian)

1

unusual space; other dimension

1

to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee

1

frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.); scene; time block (e.g. of a class schedule)

4

arrangement; disposition; array (programming)

1

(made of) plastic

1

stealthily; secretly; in secret

1